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WNY PRISMFALL PARTNER MEETING
2017Thursday, October 5, 2017
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
9:00 – 11:00 am
PRISM News & Updates
Staff
• Invasive Species Management Assistants (finished up)
• ESF/DEC Survey & Monitoring Intern (finished up)
• Education & Outreach Assistant finishes next week (10/13)
• Hired Project Manager – Lucy Nuessle
• Currently hiring Slender False Brome Manager
Program
• WNY PRISM NCTE was approved by DEC – funding through 2018
PRISM News & UpdatesStaff
• Invasive Species Management Assistants finished up
• Education & Outreach Assistant finishes next week (10/13)
• Hired Project Manager – Lucy Nuessle
• Currently hiring Slender False Brome Manager
Program
• WNY PRISM NCTE was approved by DEC –funding through 2018
2017 Field Season – removal projects
• Niagara Escarpment Preserve
• Seneca Bluffs
• Audubon Community Nature Center
• Tifft Vernal Pools
• Woodlawn Beach State Park
• North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve
• College Lodge
• Bergen Swamp
• Niagara County Knotweed
2017 Field Season – volunteer workdays
• Common buckthorn removal at North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve
• Mugwort removal at Kenneglenn
• Yellow flag iris removal at Fuhrman Fen
• Japanese barberry & multi-flora rose at Franklin Gulf County Park
• Native planting at Seneca Bluffs
2017 Field Season - outreach
• Party for the Planet – Buffalo Zoo
• Farmers’ Markets• Lockport• Salamanca• Genesee County
• Orleans County Fair
• Insectival – Tifft
• Clarence Hollows Monarch Release
• Fall Festival Reinstein Woods
• ALB Tagging Events
• Hamburg• Alfred
iMapInvasives
• 695 Obserations
• 8 Counties
• 59 Species
• WN Y PRISM – 9 projects
WNY PRSIM Crew surveys Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Greenway Outlet Preserve. Photo Credit: WNY PISM.
Early Detection Program• 2nd year monitoring
• 16 Sites
• 2 new sites in 2017• 1 Japanese Stiltgrass• 1 Water Hyacinth
• Sites clear, with exceptions for slender false brome and new sites
Slender False Brome• Melissa Rivelis and Chenga Drury – ESF/DEC
Invasive Species Monitoring Interns
Slender false brome survey interns at Drew’s Nature Preserve. Photo Credit: WNY PISM.
WNY PRISM Sites Genesee County
• Genesee County Park & Forest
• Drew’s Nature Preserve
• Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
• Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area
• Darien Lake State Park
• Oak Orchard WMA
• Dewitt County Recreation Facility
• Trestle Park
• Bergen Swamp *
Erie County
• Erie County Bureau of Forestry Park
• Akron Falls
• Boston Forest
• Chestnut Ridge
• Como Lake
• Eighteen Mile Creek
• Emery Park
• Isle View
• Sergeant Mark A. Rademacher Mem. Park
• Sprague Brook
• Knox Farm State Park* Not surveyed as part of this project
WNY PRISM Sites Wyoming County
• Beaver Meadow Audubon Center
• Ghost Pond Preserve
• Rose Acres
• Silver Lake State Park
• Carlton Hill MUA
• Letchworth State Park**
• Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Monroe County
• Northampton Park
• Black Creek Park
• Oatka Creek Park
• Durand Eastman Park
• Mendon Ponds
• GH-Private Landowner
** Surveyed by Parks, used project protocol
FL-PRISM Sites
WNY PRISM Sites
WNY PRISM Sites
Slender False Brome Working Group
• EPA – Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant: Great Lakes Slender False Brome Working Group• Improved coordination of efforts• Dedicated website• Improved information on presence and distribution• Identification ( or development) of
Best Management Practices• Rapid Response Protocol• Strategic Plan for management• Develop outreach materials
• Currently accepting applications for Project Manager
Herbarium specimens were collected at each site as part of 2017 summer surveys. Photo Credit: WNY PISM.
Upcoming
• Finalizing resources pdf’s for contractors, native plant materials suppliers, and private lands programs
• Updates to species profiles on website
• Municipalities Toolkit
• Management Summaries
• Early Detection Program Report
• Approaching Region/Watch List Species
• TIS & AIS Working Groups – priority species tiers
• Management Planning Workshop
• 2018 Planning
Upcoming Meetings & Events
• WNY Emerald Ash Borer Taskforce Meeting• October 12, 2017; 9:00 am; Cheektowaga
• Great Lakes Restoration Conference – Healing Our Waters• October 17 – 19, 2017; Buffalo
• CCE In-Service – Invasive Species Track• November 13 – 15, 2017; Ithaca
New York State Updates
• Animal Assessments Report will be received this year
• USFS funds have been allocated to support Kudzu management – plans are still forming
• Hydrilla control efforts continue in the Croton River• Treatment expected later this month• Continuing surveys• Outreach has targeted yacht clubs
Invasive Species Research Institute• New Post-Doc, Jennifer Lynn Price Tack, has started and
will be working on prioritization and modeling
• Held eDNA workshop last month with over 80 attendees
• Biocontrol for swallow-wort has been approved
• Climate change issues have been at the forefront
• Please make updates to the expert database and provide feedback to ISRI
www.nyisiri.org
iMapInvasives
• iMap version 3• Contractor selected, work to begin soon• NY User Interface Review Team formed
• Prioritization• Species Tiers• Spatial Models – combining ecological significance with
risk of spread
• Data Contributions• 4400 reports for 164 species
• 2700 from mobile app, 370 contributors
• 750 plant assessments
Statewide PRISM Updates• APIPP
• Released series of videos on management – phragmites and japanese knotweed released in September
• Continue to partner with Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program, successfully intercepted hydrilla on July 29
• CAP-MO• Giant hogweed removal – 2 sites, 122 plants (down from 182 in 2016)• Starry stonewort confirmed in north end of PRISM• Staff included 2 watercraft stewards, 1 E&O, AIS Coordinator, and will be hiring a TIS
• CRISP• ALB Outreach• Mile-a-minute found within the park, did a mailing to 6200 residents, did pulls on all nine
properties and surveyed adjacent areas• Beginning Strategic Planning
Statewide PRISM Updates• FL-PRISM
• Collaborated to remove 22,000 pounds of water chestnut• Received funding from GLRI-EPA for Starry Stonewort Collaborative
• LIISMA• Josh Rudder has joined LIISMA as the new coordinator
• LH-PRISM• Treating multiple salvia glutinosa (sticky sage) populations• Early detection/rapid response crew completed treatment of slender false brome, small carpetgrass,
and silver vine
• SLELO• Cultural impact study has been launched• Rusty crayfish found in Oneida Lake• Continuing focus on eDNA program/collection efforts